Hampton Man Is Charged In Shooting Of Officer

August 19, 2008|By DAVID MACAULAY, dmacaulay@dailypress.com 247-7838

HAMPTON — A 20-year-old Hampton man has been charged with attempted capital murder in the shooting of a police officer last week.

Antonio Marquese Brock, of Jamestown Avenue, is accused of shooting an officer twice in the chest at close range during a traffic stop at the intersection of West Mercury Boulevard and North Armistead Avenue on Wednesday.

The officer was providing back-up to a patrol officer who was writing up the driver of a Ford for a traffic infraction. Police say Brock was a passenger in the car that contained three people.

Police spokeswoman Paula Ensley said the officer suffered bruises, but his life was saved by his ballistic vest. He was released from a local hospital Thursday.

Brock fled down Armistead Avenue where there was another altercation between him and police officers, which ended when he was shot, Ensley said. He has been released from a local hospital and is in the custody of the Hampton City Jail. He has been charged with attempt to commit capital murder of a police officer, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of cocaine.